fnm
)
Fast Node Manager (
๐ Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in native ReasonML
Features
.nvmrc
and .node-version
files
Installation
Using Homebrew (OSX)
brew install Schniz/tap/fnm
This is a custom tap I'm maintaining, and will be used until fnm will move to the official one.
Using a script
For bash
, zsh
and fish
shells, there's an automatic installation script:
curl -fsSL https://github.com/Schniz/fnm/raw/master/.ci/install.sh | bash
Upgrade
Upgrading fnm
is almost the same as installing it. To prevent duplication in your shell config file add --skip-shell
to install command.
Parameters
--install-dir
Set a custom directory for fnm to be installed. The default is $HOME/.fnm
.
--skip-shell
Skip appending shell specific loader to shell config file, based on the current user shell, defined in $SHELL
. e.g. for Bash, $HOME/.bashrc
. $HOME/.zshrc
for Zsh. For Fish - $HOME/.config/fish/config.fish
--force-install
MacOS installations using the installation script are deprecated in favor of the Homebrew formula, but this forces the script to install using it anyway.
Example:
curl -fsSL https://github.com/Schniz/fnm/raw/master/.ci/install.sh | bash -s -- --install-dir "./.fnm" --skip-shell
Manually
-
Download the latest release binary for your system
-
Make it available globally on
$PATH
-
Add the following line to your
.bashrc
/.zshrc
file:eval "$(fnm env --multi)"
If you are using fish shell, add this line to your
config.fish
file:fnm env --multi | source
Usage
You can always use fnm --help
to read the docs:
fnm install [VERSION]
Installs [VERSION]
. If no version provided, it will install the version specified in the .nvmrc
file located in the current working directory.
fnm use [VERSION]
Activates [VERSION]
as the current Node version. If no version provided, it will activate the version specified in the .nvmrc
or .node-version
file located in the current working directory.
fnm current
Display currenty activated Node version.
fnm ls
Lists the installed Node versions.
fnm ls-remote
Lists the Node versions available to download remotely.
fnm alias [VERSION] [NAME]
Aliases a Node version to a given name.
fnm default [VERSION]
Aliases a Node version as default. Uses fnm alias
underneath.
fnm env [--multi] [--shell=fish|bash|zsh] [--node-dist-mirror=URI] [--use-on-cd] [--fnm-dir=DIR] [--log-level=quiet|error|all]
Prints the required shell commands in order to configure your shell, Bash compliant by default.
- Providing
--multi
will output the multishell support, allowing a different current Node version per shell - Providing
--shell=fish
will output the Fish-compliant version. Omitting it andfnm
will try to infer the current shell based on the process tree - Providing
--node-dist-mirror="https://npm.taobao.org/dist"
will use the Chinese mirror of Node.js - Providing
--use-on-cd
will also output a script that will automatically change the node version if a.nvmrc
/.node-version
file is found - Providing
--fnm-dir="/tmp/fnm"
will install and use versions in/tmp/fnm
directory
Future Plans
- Feature:
fnm use --install
- Linux: Replace
tar
with a statically linked library too (for ungzip + untar) - Windows Support? @ulrikstrid has worked hard to make it compile on Windows, but it will probably need to have different code paths and logic. We can probably make another program and share feature tests with it, instead of relying on Windows for this very-unixy binary.
Contributing
PRs welcome
Developing:
npm install -g esy
git clone https://github.com/Schniz/fnm.git
cd fnm/
esy install
esy bootstrap
esy build
Running Binary:
After building the project, you can run the main binary that is produced.
esy x fnm.exe
Running Tests:
# Runs some smoke-unity test
esy test
# Runs the feature tests
feature_tests/run.sh